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For Bay Area Asian Americans worried about walking alone, there s a new service
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A new service seeks to help Asian Americans walking aloneAekkarak Thongjiew / EyeEm/Getty Images
Akari Myo was walking home from the bus stop after working the closing shift at Boba Guys in Hayes Valley one March evening when she noticed something peculiar: three unfamiliar cars, parked on the street she lived on.
“Weird,” Myo thought. There usually weren’t that many cars. But she was almost home, and kept walking.
The running footsteps came from behind. Myo turned around, terrified. From the shadows had emerged a dark figure that was now rapidly approaching. The thief grabbed her shoulder bag and tried to pry it off her shoulder. Little did he know that Myo was prepared.
city hall. it s been very, very nice weather here this afternoon in part contributed to a huge turnout. somewhere between 1,000 to 2,000 people. slowly gaining steam as it made its way up mission street and here to city hall. those people all peaceful, no problems here in san francisco. some people say while it will provide better protections for my grant workers it will affect tech workers. including tech being replaced by more inexpensive workers. study after study, academic studies have shown we don t have a shortage on stem workers. we zront a shortage this, bill is predicated on having a shortage. and here in san francisco there are are folks carrying butterfly signs the symbol of peaceful and dignified migration. something they wish for here in california who have struggled with working conditions and pay. this may day is starting to become a part of tradition for workers and immigrant rights. near san francisco celebrations have been peaceful and well attended. now
march through the streets of san jose. good evening, everyone. san jose san francisco and elsewhere, demonstrations have become a may day tradition. this is the big may day march that took place on the streets of los angeles. we have team coverage for you tonight. abc 7 news reporters nick nij and leslie brinkley are all live. let s go to sky 7 hd, live over a big rally at the civic center in san francisco. jonathan bloom begins our coverage using cell 7 technology. well, dan, you know the demonstration here at civic center plaza is kind of starting to break up at this point in time. we just heard a performance from a drum core, there are marching bands and speakers in english and spanish. speaking out on this day mai day about the fight for immigrant fights and fight for workers rights. representatives of several labor unions including fdiu. at issue was a bill on n.committee that could overhaul immigration laws. and we re looking at video. you can see a lot of people
you re looking at some live pictures of the fire threatening homes in the area, we saw one person fending off the flames with a garden hose. the terrain is rocky, firefighters are having a difficult time reaching the hot spots but they re all over this one. we ll keep you posted on what s happening. right now our hot temperatures, dry conditions and strong windsy kree yaiting a combustible combination. the yellow fire yolo fire is largest burning near calistoga. it s 125 acres just 50% contained as we see 22 firefighters are now assisting in the fight against those flames. full containment is expected. another brush fire destroyed a home. nobody was here. we were just out there. the winds were blowing hard. this is an experience no one should have to go through. another fire burned about 75 acres and 60% contained. earlier there were four fires including this two acre fire from sky 7 burning near the vineyard autos the strong winds brought fires into san francisco and